Van (disambiguation) explained

A van is a road vehicle.Van, VAN and other capitalizations may refer to:

People and fictional characters

van (Dutch), a common prefix in Dutch language surnames
Van (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname
Van (surname), including a list of people

Places

Canada

Vancouver, largest city in British Columbia

Iran

Van, Iran a village

Turkey

Lake Van, a lake in eastern Turkey
Kingdom of Van, an Iron Age civilization centered on Lake Van (860–590 BC)
Van, Turkey, a city on the east shore of Lake Van
Van Province, a modern Turkish province
- Van (electoral district), the electoral district of the province
- Eyalet of Van, the province during the Ottoman Empire (1548–1864)
- Van Vilayet, the province during the later Ottoman period (1875–1922)

United Kingdom

Van, Caerphilly, a suburb east of Caerphilly, Wales
Van, Llanidloes, a hamlet in Wales

United States

Van, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
Van, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Van, Oregon, an unincorporated community
Van, Texas, a city
Van, Virginia, an unincorporated community
Van, West Virginia, a census-designated place

Vanuatu

Vanuatu's IOC and FIFA country code

Organizations

VAN Magazine, classical music magazine
Vereniging Automatenhandel Nederland (VAN), the Dutch branch of EUROMAT
Voluntary Arts Network, UK and Republic of Ireland development agency
NGP VAN, a voter database and web hosting service provider
Van's Aircraft, founded by Richard Van Grunsen
FC Van, an Armenian football club based in Charentsavan
FC Van Yerevan, a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990

Transportation

- van, British English for a railway covered goods wagon Van Railway, former railway between Van and Caersws, Wales
VAN, the IATA code for Van Ferit Melen Airport, Turkey

Vehicles

Mitsubishi Van, a cargo van marketed in the United States
Toyota Van, a light commercial and passenger van marketed in the United States
Nissan Van, a light commercial and passenger van marketed in the United States
Chevrolet Van, a range of full-sized vans marketed by General Motors
Dodge Ram Van, a range of full-sized vans marketed by the Chrysler Corporation
Arrival Van, a battery electric cargo van designed by Arrival

Other uses

, the ISO 639 code for the Valman language of Papua New Guinea
Value-added network (VAN), a service intermediary between businesses for sharing data
Vehicle Area Network, an intra-vehicle computer bus
Van, Vanguard (military tactics)
Van (band), Swedish musical group
Van cat, a cat from the Lake Van region
VAN method, a controversial method of earthquake prediction

See also